"Reversals of Fortune" is the 44th episode of the CW television series, Gossip Girl and the third season premiere. The episode was written by Joshua Safran and directed by J. Miller Tobin. It originally aired on Monday, September 14, 2009 on the CW. "Reversals of Fortune" shows Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) and Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) exercise their relationship through unconventional means. Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) returns from her European vacation a celebrity but finds herself facing other troubles when Carter Baizen (Sebastian Stan) follows her. Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) decides to sever ties with his family returns from his travels with Bree Buckley (Joanna Garcia), a member of his family's political rival. Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) finds himself overwhelmed by the sudden change in his lifestyle while Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr) assumes the worst of Dan and brings a long her new friend, Scott Rosson (Chris Riggi) to meet him and Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle). Plot The third season premiere begins with summer drawing to an end. Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) and Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) are madly in love, breaking all the traditional rules of dating as would be expected. Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle), Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), and Eric van der Woodsen (Connor Paolo) spend the summer at the van der Woodsen house in the Hamptons, where they adapt to the upper society lifestyle faster than expected. Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford) is out of town looking after her ailing mother. Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr) begins a relationship with Scott Rosson (Chris Riggi), not knowing that he is the illegitimate son of Rufus and Lily. Meanwhile, Scott uses Vanessa in order to get close to meet Rufus, his father. Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) returns home from vacationing with a mysterious girl, Bree Buckley (Joanna Garcia), whom he soon discovers to be from a rival family. Nate rebels against his family, and plans to get back at his grandfather by bringing Bree to the big Vanderbilt charity polo match. As Nate and Bree are leaving the event, Nate’s grandfather, William van der Bilt (James Naughton), stops them, telling Nate that he is a part of the family, no matter what. However, once they are out of earshot, Nate’s grandfather makes a phone call telling someone he has figured out how to "do something about the Buckleys." Serena van der Woodsen (Blake